Hailsham Academy

State-Funded School
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Region
South EastRegion
East SussexLocal Authority
Sussex WealdConstituency
Postcode
BN27 1DTPostcode
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Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Hailsham Academy is a state-funded all-through for pupils aged 2–18, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,577 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White
92%
Asian
2%
Black
<1%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Pupils

1,577

Total Pupils

52%Boys
48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
26%
England average
27%
First language not English
4%
England average
22%
Young carers
<1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
All-through
Age range
2 – 18
Total pupils
1,577

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published
Overall
16 May 2023
Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

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